ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,755, issued on May 20, was assigned to Target Brands Inc. (Minneapolis).
"Automated item picking systems and methods" was invented by Gervasio Mutarelli (Minneapolis), Ernesto Saldana Pena (Minneapolis), Carlos Loza (Minneapolis) and Justin Feider (Minneapolis).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This document describes systems and methods for enhancing the efficiencies of order fulfillment and inventory management processes. For example, this document describes automated robotic systems that can autonomously pick and place a particular quantity of desired items from a container that is storing the items. The autonomous robotic systems can...